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Pairings: Ace/Sasha, sibling Luffy/Sasha and Sabo/Sasha, Background Protector!Law/Sasha

Disclaimers: One Piece belongs to Oda Eiichirō-sensei. Me, on the other hand, own absolutely nothing, except my OC, the pairing and the fic idea.

Chapter 19: Arc 13: Fleeing From Shinokuni


"I'm alive." Nami blinked, digging herself out of the snow after the cave-in. "Sanji-kun's body took a lot of damage, but it's so sturdy. I'd be dead now if it wasn't. What happened to the children?" she looked around. "Usopp!" she ran over to where the sniper's nose was sticking out. "Hang in there, Usopp." she swept the snow off. "Where's Sasha?" she looked around. "And Brownbeard?"

"Hey, I found them!" Usopp called out, the pair having split to search for Sasha and Brownbeard.

"Are they okay?" Nami hurried over, just as Sasha dispelled the large 'Water Prison' bubble she cast to protect Brownbeard and herself from the debris.

"I'll never forgive that damned Caesar." Brownbeard swore, getting back to his feet. "But first, I must save my men, or else I could never rest in peace even if I did die. I've got to get to the laboratory where my men are, and we don't have a second to spare."

"But your body is completely torn up." Sasha pointed out. "At the very least, let me heal your wounds first."

"We're going to the same place." Usopp added. "We gotta save the children from that gas bastard. I think it's best if we work together, at least for now."

"That smoke..." Nami turned to see the Shinokuni gas cloud billowing towards them.

"That's a lot of smoke." Usopp noted, seeing the huge gas cloud appearing over the mountains.

"It doesn't look like normal smoke." Brownbeard remarked. "It might be poison gas."

"It's coming this way!" Nami and Usopp exclaimed.

"The three of you, get on me." Brownbeard instructed.

"The smoke is closing in." Nami warned, the trio having gotten onto Brownbeard, the chimera was doing his best to flee from the incoming gas cloud.

"That creepy color..." Usopp shivered. "It must be very poisonous."

"Sorry, Brownbeard." Sasha apologized, using a compressed healing water sphere to heal Brownbeard's back. "You have to carry us despite your injuries."

"It's not a problem." Brownbeard assured, "You guys don't weigh much anyway. More importantly, I have to save my men."

"We have to save the kids." Usopp concurred. "I hope they haven't eaten those candies."

"Hey, look." Nami peered over the side. "What is that? Someone's running from the gas." she looked over the ledge. "Don't tell me that's..." she looked closer to find Zoro's group hanging onto the small green dragon and fleeing from Shinokuni. "Brook!" she called, Usopp grabbing onto the skeleton before he flew back into the gas cloud when Brownbeard jumped off from the ledge.

"Let's keep running!" Usopp urged.

"Why are you here?" Zoro asked.

"Less asking, more fleeing!" Sasha retorted, silencing any questions the reunited group had.

"You all have to jump on my back." Brownbeard voiced. "Ouch!" he yelled in pain, the dragon having taken interest in his swishing tail and bitten it, causing the overgrown chimera to speed up.

"Wait!" Usopp called out, the group had made it in front of Laboratory 3, only to see the metal gate closing. "Don't close the shutter!"

"Hey, Kin'emon." Zoro voiced. "Can you cut iron?"

"That's not so hard to cut." Kin'emon confirmed.

"Brownbeard, keep charging like this." Zoro instructed.

"Who cares." Brownbeard growled, grabbing a nearby pipe. "I'm gonna charge!"

Jumping onto the pipe Brownbeard raised above his head, the two swordsmen readied their weapons. Just as Brownbeard closed in, Zoro and Kin'emon sliced a gaping triangle through the iron door with their swords.

"It's Sasha and the others!" Luffy grinned, looking over the walkway railing.

"That's a bizarre entrance." Robin teased.

"They cut the shutter!" the G-5 Marines chorused in unison.

"Everyone's here, huh?" Luffy waved. "We'll all back together! Alright, let's go wild!"


SailorStar9: Any OOC-nes is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Reviews are much appreciated.